Akamai's Kenny Resigns; Will He Be Next Yahoo CEO?

Kenny yesterday resigned from his post at Akamai, saying he wants to "return to my first passion of pursuing emerging opportunities on the consumer Internet."

Kenny happens to sit on the Yahoo board, and he has been widely speculated to be a potential replacement for the now-departed Carol Bartz.

The New York Times says that Kenny has talked to several of the potential Yahoo suitors; an obvious question for any Yahoo CEO candidate is how long there is going to be an independent company for someone to run.